Shimewaza: Judo Masterclass Book by Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki Hosho Shiokawa Ademir Oliveira

Ademir Oliveira

Skin sense of Rigokei: Naikihyo

Heavily illustrated with approximately 800 photographs

with new techniques emerging one after another

Shimewaza: Judo Masterclass Book by Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki Hosho Shiokawa Ademir OliveiraThe art of shimewaza strangling techniques is the most esoteric branch of judo. Difficult and complex, it is, at the same time, swift and deadly. No one can afford to treat a shimewaza expert casually. Though relatively light, Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki, world champion (65k category) in 1981, demonstrated this in a successful competition career that often found him facing much bigger men both in team competitions and in the dojo. Here, in the most